MRSA Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about MRSA, including details on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, hospitals, infection, antibiotic resistance, superbugs.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 8 (August)

1. Unbound and acylated structures of the MecR1 extracellular antibiotic-sensor domain provide insights into the signal-transduction system that triggers methicillin resistance.
   J Mol Biol, 361(3): 506-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Structure of Staphylococcus aureus cytidine monophosphate kinase in complex with cytidine 5'-monophosphate.
   Acta Crystallograph Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 62: 710-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sterile-site infection: The importance of appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment.
   Crit Care Med, 34(8): 2069-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Skeletal diversity construction via a branching synthetic strategy.
   Chem Commun (Camb). [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Clinical, microbiological, and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of cats.
   Am J Vet Res, 67(8): 1421-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-positive bacteria isolated from European medical centres: results of the Daptomycin Surveillance Programme (2002-2004).
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 12(9): 844-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Mortality after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in two hospitals in Oxfordshire, 1997-2003: cohort study.
   BMJ, 333(7562): 281. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Multiple cases of familial transmission of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(8): 2994-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Concurrent analysis of nose and groin swab specimens by the IDI-MRSA PCR assay is comparable to analysis by individual-specimen PCR and routine culture assays for detection of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(8): 2904-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. New Staphylococcus aureus genotyping method based on exotoxin (set) genes.
    J Clin Microbiol, 44(8): 2728-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Sustained-release vancomycin sheet may help to prevent prosthetic graft methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
    J Vasc Surg, 44(2): 377-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Bactericidal activity of orally available agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(3): 680-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Bioassay-guided purification and identification of antimicrobial components in Chinese green tea extract.
    J Chromatogr A, 1125(2): 204-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an urban HIV clinic.
    HIV Med, 7(6): 361-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Different antibacterial actions of isoflavones isolated from Erythrina poeppigiana against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Lett Appl Microbiol, 43(3): 243-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Antibiotic effects of WP-0405, a thermo-setting ofloxacin gel, on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus keratitis in rabbits.
    J Ocul Pharmacol Ther, 22(4): 258-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Clinical, microbiological, and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of cats.
    J Am Vet Med Assoc, 229(4): 541. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Impact of the reinforcement of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control Programme: A 3-year evaluation by several indicators in a French University Hospital.
    Eur J Epidemiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department.
    N Engl J Med, 355(7): 666-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Multiresistant-MRSA tricuspid valve infective endocarditis with ancient osteomyelitis locus.
    BMC Infect Dis, 6: 124. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Early experience with linezolid for infections in orthopaedics.
    Injury, 37(9): 818-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Potency of DX-619, a novel des-F(6)-quinolone, in haematogenous murine bronchopneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 28(3): 212-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The VraS/VraR two-component regulatory system required for oxacillin resistance in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 262(2): 163-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Pyrrolidine bis-cyclic guanidines with antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens identified from a mixture-based combinatorial library.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 16(19): 5073-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Antagonistic activity against pathogenic bacteria by human vaginal lactobacilli.
    Anaerobe. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a southwestern region of Germany.
    Eur J Pediatr, 165(10): 688-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Coincidental outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation unit.
    Am J Hematol, 81(9): 664-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. The "hospital superbug": social representations of MRSA.
    Soc Sci Med, 63(8): 2141-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on ENT practice.
    J Laryngol Otol, 120(9): 713-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. High-level mupirocin resistance within methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic lineages.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(9): 3207-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. In vitro activity of daptomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, including heterogeneously glycopeptide-resistant strains.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(9): 3189-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. In vitro activity of tigecycline against multiple-drug-resistant, including pan-resistant, gram-negative and gram-positive clinical isolates from Greek hospitals.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(9): 3166-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Isolates with low-level vancomycin resistance associated with persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(9): 3039-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Anti-MRSA Quinolone - WCK 771 has Potent Activity against Sequentially Selected Mutants, Narrow Mutant Selection Window against Quinolone Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Preferentially Targets DNA Gyrase.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Recommended initial loading dose of teicoplanin, established by therapeutic drug monitoring, and outcome in terms of optimal trough level.
    J Infect Chemother, 12(4): 185-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Nosocomial infection of beta-lactam antibiotic-induced vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BIVR).
    J Infect Chemother, 12(4): 181-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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